Why is it safe to touch the electricity-outputting end of our phone and computer chargers with no sort of electric shock on us as opposed to other dangerous electrical outputs?

Question

Exactly as stated in the title. All my life I’ve been able to touch my phone or computer’s electrical charger output (accidentally or for whatever the reason) with no sort of “buzz” or feeling from the electricity going through the output. At least that has always been my experience with it.

Just in case: Don’t intentionally try this of course.

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Answer 1

ELI5: OUR SKIN!! Our skin is a wonderful organ that is quite resistive, so it takes fairly high voltage to penetrate it. The voltage in your phone charger is not nearly high enough to do so.